5 Easily Overlooked Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding
OK, so you think that the words "cheap" and "wedding" just don't belong together, don't you? You're among the vast majority of people living today, but I've got some news for you.
You're dead wrong.
Spending a lifetime's worth of savings on your big day is not something anyone should have to do and you definitely shouldn't plan to do it.
In fact, spending a huge amount of money on your wedding day is just silly, it's downright idiotic!
You can have a fantastic, elegant, and beautiful wedding and wedding reception without having to go broke or spending the rest of your life trying to pay off your wedding day debt.
Today's smart couple knows that you having a wedding budget and sticking to it just makes more sense than racking up those bills like crazy.
And its not as if many couples can expect their parents to pay for everything either. Those days have long since past as couples are getting married later in life and often times live together for some time before actually getting married.
But the modern couple can still have a great wedding without breaking the bank by using some simple tips that many people often overlook. Here's a quick look at 5 of these tips.
Tip #1 - Buy your dress secondhand. This one is really a no-brainer. Wedding dresses are not exactly the most well-worn items in the world. Most of them get put back into the bag within a few hours after they are worn. Save some money and buy a used wedding dress. Rest assured that the dress has only been very, very lightly used.
Tip #2 - Have your friends and family make your food and cake as part of their wedding gift to you. Caterers love to hear the phrase "wedding reception" when someone enters their office. Dollar signs immediately appear in their eyes. Don't give them the satisfaction. Have family members and friends of the family gift you the food for your reception.
Tip #3 - Use your MP3 player or iPod instead of a DJ. DJs are very, very expensive. Save your self some time and avoid the ramblings of an obnoxious DJ and play the songs you really want from your personal music player.
Tip #4 - Have your reception at home with only close friends and family. These are the people that really care about you and want to wish you the best as you start your new life. Make your reception an intimate affair.
Tip #5 - Keep that invitation list small. As much as we would all like to have everyone in the world come to our wedding (or at least send their gifts!), be realistic. The price of your wedding multiplies each time you add another guest to your list.
Just because you are trying to save money on your wedding doesn't mean that you have to give up on style or sentimentality. It just means you need to be creative and come up with other ways to get what you want.
Save some money without skimping on the good stuff and use it to pay for a really great honeymoon, since they last so much longer than the wedding itself does.
Couples that have great relationships and want to have a long marriage understand a simple truth: weddings are a great and memorable event, but they are only a very small part of your entire marriage.
Enjoy your marriage and don't let the costs of your wedding day interfere with the rest of your life as a couple. Have fun on your wedding day, make it an event that involves everyone. Make your wedding something that creates memories, rather than something that creates outrageous bills.
Finally! The only wedding planning guide you'll ever need to organize, plan, and enjoy the wedding of your dreams without going into debt for the next 20 years! Turn your wedding dreams into reality using the secret insider's tips that the wedding industry doesn't want you to know about! =>
Author: Michael Paul Jr.
You're dead wrong.
Spending a lifetime's worth of savings on your big day is not something anyone should have to do and you definitely shouldn't plan to do it.
In fact, spending a huge amount of money on your wedding day is just silly, it's downright idiotic!
You can have a fantastic, elegant, and beautiful wedding and wedding reception without having to go broke or spending the rest of your life trying to pay off your wedding day debt.
Today's smart couple knows that you having a wedding budget and sticking to it just makes more sense than racking up those bills like crazy.
And its not as if many couples can expect their parents to pay for everything either. Those days have long since past as couples are getting married later in life and often times live together for some time before actually getting married.
But the modern couple can still have a great wedding without breaking the bank by using some simple tips that many people often overlook. Here's a quick look at 5 of these tips.
Tip #1 - Buy your dress secondhand. This one is really a no-brainer. Wedding dresses are not exactly the most well-worn items in the world. Most of them get put back into the bag within a few hours after they are worn. Save some money and buy a used wedding dress. Rest assured that the dress has only been very, very lightly used.
Tip #2 - Have your friends and family make your food and cake as part of their wedding gift to you. Caterers love to hear the phrase "wedding reception" when someone enters their office. Dollar signs immediately appear in their eyes. Don't give them the satisfaction. Have family members and friends of the family gift you the food for your reception.
Tip #3 - Use your MP3 player or iPod instead of a DJ. DJs are very, very expensive. Save your self some time and avoid the ramblings of an obnoxious DJ and play the songs you really want from your personal music player.
Tip #4 - Have your reception at home with only close friends and family. These are the people that really care about you and want to wish you the best as you start your new life. Make your reception an intimate affair.
Tip #5 - Keep that invitation list small. As much as we would all like to have everyone in the world come to our wedding (or at least send their gifts!), be realistic. The price of your wedding multiplies each time you add another guest to your list.
Just because you are trying to save money on your wedding doesn't mean that you have to give up on style or sentimentality. It just means you need to be creative and come up with other ways to get what you want.
Save some money without skimping on the good stuff and use it to pay for a really great honeymoon, since they last so much longer than the wedding itself does.
Couples that have great relationships and want to have a long marriage understand a simple truth: weddings are a great and memorable event, but they are only a very small part of your entire marriage.
Enjoy your marriage and don't let the costs of your wedding day interfere with the rest of your life as a couple. Have fun on your wedding day, make it an event that involves everyone. Make your wedding something that creates memories, rather than something that creates outrageous bills.
Finally! The only wedding planning guide you'll ever need to organize, plan, and enjoy the wedding of your dreams without going into debt for the next 20 years! Turn your wedding dreams into reality using the secret insider's tips that the wedding industry doesn't want you to know about! =>
Author: Michael Paul Jr.
Labels: Wedding-Planning
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